Process of making solid preparations containing oils.



ann nnr MIWA AND KAMETARO KAWAI, or TACHIBANA-CHO, NIHONIBASHIKU, roxYo,

, JAPAN.

PROCESS OF MAKING S OLID PREPARATIONS CONTAINING OILS.

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To all whom itmay concern Be it known that we, ZENBEI MrwAand KAMETAROKAWAI, both subjects of the Emperor of Japan, residing at Tachibana-cho,Nihonbashiku, Tokyo, Japan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Processes of Making Solid Preparations Containing Oils,of which the following is a specification. a

The present invention consists in mixing a fatty oil, especiallycod-liver oil with gelatin, agar agar, maltose orfondant (soft candy) insolution, pouring the mixture in molds and allowing it to solidify tosmall balls, and smearing the mixed solution consisting of gelatin, agaragar, glycerin and refinedsugar or similar substances upon each ball,which is thus invested with a preserving coating.

The object of the invention is to form a fatty oil in a small solidifiedball by means of the disposition of the various constitucuts, to makethe percentage of the fat in each 'ball fixed, and also to prevent itbeing putrefied or decomposed by'the action of air and bacilli, andfurther to impart sweet taste to the ball.

Any fatty oil makes a perfect emulsion with the other constituents, ifthe process herein described is followed, and the result obtained ineach case is almost the same as that when other oils are used. But asthis process is primarily intended for cod-liver oil, it will bedescribed with special reference to this particular oil. a

The progress of work in this process may conveniently be subdivided intotwo stages,

- a that is,first preparing, by utilizing the ooagulative quality ofgelatin and agar agar and by mixing other required substances,

solidified small balls of cod-liver oil, which balls are made to containa certain fixed quantity of the oil; second, applying a preservativecoating to the balls thus prepared.

Fondant (soft candy) or malt extract and a water is mixed with a thickboiling solution ,tion is poured'into molds made of starch,

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of gelatin and agar agar, andthe mixture is heated in a suitable vessel,and while being strongly stirred cod-liver. oil is added, to make acomplete emulsion. The thick soluthe molds being of simple design, a. e.the starch powder is put in a wideshallow box, the surface is thenleveled and small holes Specification of Letters Patent.

generally as follows Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

Application filed June 6, 1912. Serial No. 702,092.

varied more or less according to circumstances, but their relativeproportions are 1. Fondant (soft candy) or malt extract 270.0 parts. 2.Gelatin 15.0 3. Agar agar 2.0 4:. WVater 85.0 5. Cod-liver oil 240.0

In. preparing .the balls of cod-liver oil in the described manner, theemulsion, 2'. e. combination of the constituents, is complete, and thereis least danger of the oilbecoming separated. The balls are easilydigestible, nutritious, palatable, and also odoriferous. Each ballcontains a certain fixed quantity of cod-liver oil, and therefore, thereis no trouble in determining the quantity of the terially changing thespirit of the present invention.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the .nature of oursaid invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, wedeclare that what we claim A process of making solid preparationscontaining oils, which consists-in making a mixture of fondant in waterand adding this mixture to a heated solution of gelatin and agar agarand adding to the mixture a fatty ZENBEI MIWA. KAMETARO KAWAL oil whilestirring and solidifying the product.

Y. FUKU ITA, M. NAMBU.

